Balances Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DD EEF GH IJ CC KE L CIMNO| In life | A |
| one is always | B |
| balancing | C |
| - | |
| like we juggle our mothers | D |
| against our fathers | D |
| - | |
| or one teacher | E |
| against another | E |
| only to balance our grade average | F |
| - | |
| grains of salt | G |
| to one ounce truth | H |
| - | |
| our sweet black essence | I |
| or the funky honkies down the street | J |
| - | |
| and lately i've begun wondering | C |
| if you're trying to tell me something | C |
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| we used to talk all night | K |
| and do things alone together | E |
| - | |
| and i've begun | L |
| - | |
| as a reaction to a feeling | C |
| to balance | I |
| the pleasure of loneliness | M |
| against the pain | N |
| of loving you | O |
Nikki Giovanni
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